CURRENT MISSION

I am out to identify the American mentality and cultural influence under various contexts and understand the role of consciousness in reality and reality in consciousness.

ABOUT ME

... Wish I knew...Some call me the space cowboy, some a backwoods beatnik, and still some a menace to psychology, I dunno, I figure they just haven't gotten to know me. I'm still workin' on that m'self.

PHILOSOPHY

This is a statement of values I wrote to Quest University Canada as a part of my application. I still stand by these words and feel they best introduce my basic personal philosophy.

Statement of Values
Prior to establishing any long-term commitment, I strongly sense it wise to have a clear understanding of the common values of both parties involved. Thus, I hereby declare the core values and beliefs I personally subscribe to, in order to form a more fulfilling relationship for all concerned, or to determine beforehand that relationship to be incompatible with value itself.
First of all I value people, I value worlds, and I value life. I value the consciousness residing in all of these things. I believe that mutually beneficial relationships with consideration to all whom they affect are the only relationships worth having, and anything less to have no lasting objective value. I believe in the power of cooperation over competition, of respect over contempt, of integrity over compromise.
I invest in the sacredness of human emotion. I find particular value in compassion, joy, gratitude, understanding, and love. I believe in the power of love not only as an emotion but as a concept and aspiration to unite people and thrust them into the heights of human potential.
I agree with Martin Luther Kingâ

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Just getting started

Interests

I am most interested in living life to the fullest, but of course this is a vague statement. More specifically I am into hiking into nature's precious territories, writing words of perspective and insight whether fictionalized or more straightforward and academic, creating mixed-media masterpieces with sustainability themes, studying the various realms of humanities knowledge both ancient and modern, including: Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology, Applied Science, Biology, Religion, Politics, Music, Tantra, Ecology, Linguistics, Entheogenics, Bio-Socio-Engineering, Metaphysics, Prophecy (particularly 2012), and Stuff and Things. I love to eat with good company and conversation. I enjoy strategic games and mental excercises. I enjoy physical exercise with both individual and team games like disc golf, ultimate frisbee, basketball, billiards, kick the can, etc. Maybe it goes without saying... I love to travel and interact with various cultural niches and pockets wherever I go.

• humanities
• writing
• books
• poetry
• architecture
• exercise
• modeling
• meditation
• partying
• politics
• traveling
• billiards
• investing
• survival
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• basketball
• golf
• agriculture
• anthropology
• biology
• communications
• ecology
• engineering
• history
• languages
• mathematics
• psychology
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Since this list could go on for miles, I will include only a few that I have recently identified with.

Movies:
The Big Lebowski
Taking Root
Home
Paprika

Music
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate
White Stripes, Seven Nation Army
NIN,
Flaming Lips, Embryonic
Crystal Castles,
Bon Ivers,
Trentmollier, The Last Resort

Books:
Alan Moore and David ?, V for Vendetta
Flow, Mihaly Csikzentmahalyi
Selected Writings, Ralph Waldo Emerson,
The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, Joseph Chilton Pearce
The Human Brain, Issac Asimov
The Phenomenology of Spirit, Friedrich Hegel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saved up some cash, quit my job, and spent three months at a writer's retreat finishing a collection of stories and poems, and printing them into a book to share with my friends and family.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have experience in a few areas, but more importantly I am always looking for more. My main area of study currently is in the area of consciousness. Here I am happy to both share what I know and learn what another may teach.

Here is where I may be able to share a few things:

Last year I completed these university classes:
Humans and Nature
World Religions
Modeling with Math
Fate and Virtue
Democracy and Justice
Global Perspectives
Molecular Biology
Ecology

I have home schooled myself in a few subjects with more or less ability:
Writing (Creative and Non-Fiction)
False-Flag History (911 truth/ theory)
Extraterrestrial Phenomenon
Spanish
Music
Entheogenics/ Psychedelics
Meditation
Disc Golfing

I also have a few years experience in Maintenance and Groundkeeping, so I have a knack for fixing a few things if anyone wants help or training.

Specific skills/ subjects I would love to learn:
Alternative fuel production and vehicle conversion
Biodiesel
Veggie Oil

Screen printing
Outdoor Survival
Advanced Sustainable Architecture/ Agriculture/ Living
Tantra
Languages
Phenomenology/ Hegelian Philosophy

Countries I’ve Visited

United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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